March 2012

Transylvania’s Concert Band and Chamber Orchestra to present free concerts April 3 and 4

Posted on March 30, 2012July 14, 2020 by Office of Marketing and Communications

Transylvania’s music department is offering two concerts, April 3 and 4, in the Mitchell Fine Arts Center. Both performances are free and open to the public. The Concert Band will present Seitz’s “The World is Waiting for the Sunrise,” Arnold’s “Peterloo” and Piazzolla’s “Oblivion,” featuring Joe Carucci on the alto saxophone, on Tuesday, April 3, at 7:30 p.m. in Haggin Auditorium. The Chamber Orchestra will offer Mozart’s “Horn Concerto No. 3, first movement,” featuring Alex Yaden (photo at left), “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik” and Bizet’s “Suite from L’Arlessienne,” the following evening, Wednesday, April 4, at 7:30 p.m. in Carrick Theater.

Award-winning poet Bianca Spriggs to deliver Transylvania University commencement address on Saturday, May 26, at 9:30 a.m.

Posted on March 29, 2012July 14, 2020 by Office of Marketing and Communications

LEXINGTON, Ky.—Affrilachian poet, multidisciplinary artist and Cave Canem Fellow Bianca Spriggs will deliver the commencement address at Transylvania University on Saturday, May 26, at 9:30 a.m. on the steps of historic Old Morrison. Spriggs, a 2003 graduate of Transylvania, was named as one of the Top 30 Performance Poets by TheRoot.com, is a Pushcart Prize nominee and a recipient of multiple Artist Enrichment Grants and an Art Meets Activism Grant from the Kentucky Foundation for Women. In partnership with the Kentucky Domestic Violence Association, she is the creator of “The Swallowtale Project,” a creative writing workshop dedicated to the women inmates at the Federal Prison Camp, and the creator and artistic director of the Gypsy Poetry Slam featured annually at the Kentucky Women Writers Conference. She has taught poetry and creative writing classes at Lexington’s Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning and is currently in the doctoral program for creative writing at the University of Kentucky. She was visiting writer and instructor in Foundations of the Liberal Arts at Transylvania from 2008-09. She is the writer, producer, editor and director of the film “Waterbody” and the author of poetry books “Kaffir Lily” and “How Swallowtails Become Dragons.” Her work may also be found in the anthologies “New Growth: Recent Kentucky Writings” and “America! What’s My Name?,” and in the journals “Union Station Magazine,” “Tidal Basin Review,” “Muzzle,” “Caduceus,” “Alehouse,” “Reverie,” and Appalachian Heritage Magazine, among others. Spriggs currently serves on

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"Jewish Views of Jesus" lecture at Transylvania March 29, at 7 p.m.; free and open to the public

Posted on March 28, 2012July 14, 2020 by Office of Marketing and Communications

LEXINGTON, Ky.—The theological boundaries and historical relationship between Jews and Christians is the focus of a pair of back-to-back lectures offered by rabbi, speaker, author and professor David Sandmel this month. The lectures are part of the Moosnick Lectureship in Judaic Studies, sponsored by the Moosnick Endowment. Sandmel’s lectures are presented by Transylvania University, Lexington Theological Seminary, Ohavay Zion Synagogue and Temple Adath Israel. Both lectures are free and open to the public. Sandmel will present the first lecture, “Jewish Views of Jesus,” Thursday, March 29, at 7 p.m. in Strickland Auditorium in the Brown Science Center at Transylvania. The lecture is free and open to the public. The second lecture, “Jews, Christians, and Israel” is March 30 at 5 p.m. at Temple Adath Israel. The lecture is free and open to the public. Sandmel is the Crown-Ryan Professor of Jewish Studies at the Catholic Theological Union and Rabbi Educator at Temple Sholom, both in Chicago. He is a former director of the National Jewish Scholars Project, a major initiative to promote discussion within the Jewish community and between Jews and Christians about the differences and similarities between the two traditions. He is the co-editor of “Christianity in Jewish Terms.” In addition, he is the lead editor of “Irreconcilable Differences? A Learning Resource for Jews and Christians,” which focuses on core theological issues on the boundary between Judaism and Christianity. Sandmel is also involved in Jewish-Muslim dialogue and in the

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Transylvania honors 46 first-year students for academic excellence

Posted on March 27, 2012July 14, 2020 by Office of Marketing and Communications

LEXINGTON, Ky.—Forty-six first-year students at Transylvania University were recently inducted into Alpha Lambda Delta, a national honor society that recognizes academic excellence. To be included, students must have maintained a 3.5 or higher GPA during their first year or term of college. The new inductees are: Cordelia Addington, Thomas Amburn, Aimee Ashcraft, Ajibola Bakare, Therese Boeding, Rachel Burns, Alexis Carey, John Carter, Jade Clemons, Casey Coomes, Casey Crutcher, Mallory Cummings, Jerica Duke, Henry Eberhardt, Lauren Gallenstein, Sebastian Guerra, Elizabeth Hardt, Rachel Hempel, Jesse Johnson, Rebecca Keith, Nashwin Laungani, Brooke Lee, Katelyn Long, Jessica Mahoney, Courtney Marshall, Emily Martin, Keri Mayhew, Kayla Miller, Stevie Morrison, Julia Murray, Paige Napier, Matthew Nease, Taylor Nossokoff, Alyssa O’Bryan, Bria Parker, Kristen Pope, Rachel Sanders, Skyler Slone, Rachel Smith, Donovan Sowder, Miller Travis, Tyler Turcotte, Valerie Whitlock, Michaelah Wilburn, Graham Winchester and Jacquelyn Young. Three honorary members were also inducted: Jim Mills, registrar; Carole Barnsley, assistant professor of religion; and Jeff Freyman, professor of political science. Transylvania, founded in 1780, is the nation’s sixteenth oldest institution of higher learning and is consistently ranked in national publications as one of the top liberal arts colleges in the country.

Transylvania wins AIKCU’s annual “Battle of the Bumpers” contest for fourth year running

Posted on March 26, 2012July 14, 2020 by Office of Marketing and Communications

LEXINGTON, Ky.—With the help of alumni, students, faculty, staff, parents and friends, Transylvania University is once again the winner in the Association of Independent Kentucky Colleges and Universities (AIKCU) “Battle of the Bumpers.” Transylvania beat out the other 19 AIKCU campuses to put the most campus license plates on Kentucky highways and the most dollars in the school’s general scholarship fund. Transylvania’s promotional efforts helped increase their total sales to 852 in 2011, an increase of 84 license plates over 2010. Ten dollars from the sale of each plate is returned directly to the school’s general scholarship fund, translating into $8,520 for student scholarships at Transylvania. Overall, sales of Kentucky Independent Higher Education plates raised more than $45,000 for student scholarships in 2011. “Our license plate really stands out on the road,” said Natasa Pajic Mongiardo, director of alumni programs. “Each year I’m more impressed by the number of alumni and friends who purchase or renew the Transylvania plate and support the student scholarships. They are making it very hard for other colleges in Kentucky to catch up to us!” The Kentucky Independent Higher Education series plates took to the roads in 2002. Each independent college and university had its own plate, but they all shared a common design theme. Thanks to advances in license plate printing technology and some changes in state regulations, AIKCU members were able to work with the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet to redesign their plates in

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